Archive for the “Creative arts” category
Healthy Minds support groups
Healthy Minds, an independent charity in Calderdale, runs an expanding series of fortnightly mental health support groups throughout the district for people who are experiencing/ or would like to share their experiences of mental health. The support groups are an opportunity for people to get …
Singing for health
The singing for fun group is run by Shaw Lane Community Sports Association in partnership with Worsbrough Common Community Association – as part of their initiative to develop community-led activities that address physical and mental health inequalities in local areas in Barnsley. The singing group is …
Annapurna Indian Dance
Spices, songs and stories aims to give local people in Calderdale the opportunity to get involved in workshops that utilise dance, storytelling and songs to positively improve health and wellbeing. The workshops are developed and delivered by Annapurna Indian Dance, an organisation that aims to …
Happy places
Happy Places is a community group, for people using older people’s mental health services in Wakefield that was developed to encourage them to relate and share their life stories, utilising local community history. The groups are run within the community by Rosanna Ward and John …
Fieldhead sculpture arrives on site
Fieldhead sculpture arrives on site People who use services provided by the Trust have been working on an ambitious project to create a unique sculptural mosaic for the Fieldhead site in Wakefield. The project has included service users from a range of wellbeing, learning disability …
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Newton Lodge writers
This project worked with service users at Newton Lodge on learning disability and mental health wards to develop writing skills. For 12 weeks the group worked on a number of activities, principally creative writing, exploring a number of different genres and styles. Group size varied …
Chrysalis Theatre Company
A project to create and develop a service user led Youth Theatre Company. The company is for young people from 14-18 and will take the form of weekly drama sessions that run throughout the year and culminate in a performance around Christmas 2012. Ten weekly …
Bridge Theatre Group
Using forum and image theatre techniques, people who experience mental distress aim to create and perform dramas to be used as a tool for debate and change, especially within mental health services. The project aims to develop a meaningful productive dialogue between providers and service …
Vivify: people, landscape, sculpture
A series of hands on, interactive arts workshops inspired by the art and landscape of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) focus upon community engagement for older people with mental health difficulties. Participants are encouraged to engage with a wide range of materials including clay, plaster, wood and …
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The Art Shop – Packhorse Gallery
The Art shop, situated in the Packhorse shopping centre in Huddersfield, has been established to give local people and those who have experienced mental health problems the opportunity to showcase their creative pieces of art. The shop is run by volunteers from Support 2 Recovery, …
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